F19 : getting to GUI (or anywhere)

[Beartooth]

On Mon, 14 Oct 2013 14:13:53 -0300, Carlos \"casep\" Sepulveda wrote:

> On 13 October 2013 14:43, Beartooth <beartooth at comcast.net> wrote:
>>         I would like at least to establish whether the trouble is in
>>         F19,
>> in me, or in my hardware.
> 
> 
> Hi:
> AFAIR that laptop has some Radeon 7500 or something like that. So that's
> not helping.

	I'm sorry: I don't speak hardware. :-{

> What about open a TTY  (alt+ctrl+f2) is the shell better there? 

	Well, the font is back to normal, if not smaller; but it's so dim 
I can barely see it's there. (The brightness is at max.)

> Have you
> tested the memory with memtest+ ?

	No -- but I think I have a CD with it here somewhere, or can make 
one. Stay tuned.

> I'm afraid that the lack of 3D rendering capabilities is killing you,
> my son uses my old T43 and we're using Gnome but with the "Fallback"
> mode, cause even with the i915 intel card it's dead slow.

	Well, the chief purpose of this laptop is to run proprietary 
software connected with a GPS -- preferably on a virtual XP. (Wine will 
usually install and launch, but not connect to a GPS.) Looks like I'd 
better upgrade <sigh>.

	Meanwhile, unless memtest offers surprises, I may try installing 
CentOS 6.4, and look for some other use, or give the machine away. I'd 
rather get the data off it first, though ....

-- 
Beartooth Staffwright, Neo-Redneck Not Quite Clueless Power User
Remember I have precious (very precious!) little idea where up is.